1. JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT.
FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS
URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN
LIVEABLE CITIES –for the 21st Century
PEOPLE ORIENTED CITY PLANNING AS STRATEGY
8. Copenhagen Street: 2
Sidewalks, 2 proper bicycle
lanes, street trees, 2 lanes
for 2 way traffic, and a
substan- tial median to
facilitate crossing the
street
”We do not have to think
and act as 1960s traffic
engineers for ever -times
are changing and traffic
engineers are by now much
smarter”
15. Official City Poster
September 2007
Copenhagen
The No 1 Bicycle
City in the World
Goals for 2015:
* 50% of all comuting
on bicycles
* Bicycle Accidents to
be halved”
16. 2010: After 50
years: Another
change of
Paradigme
WANTED:
- Lively City
- Attractive City
- Safe City
- Sustainable City
- Healthy City
17. In this City everythingwillbe
done to invitepeople to walk
and bicycle as much as
possible in the course of
theirdailydaydoings”
18. Singapore 21 March 2012
International Award for
outstandingcontributions to the
creation of vibrant, liveable and
sustainable urban communities
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